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If there's one kitchen equipment question I get more than any other, it's this one: What is the best chef's knife?
The honest answer? There is no such thing as a "best chef's knife." It'd be like asking a violinist to name the "best violin" or an architect to identify the "best material." There are many factors that come into play, and depending on what type of cook you are and how your hands, body, and wallet are shaped, you might opt for one over another. Here are some things to consider:
- Style: Do you prefer a slim-and-maneuverable modern gyutou-style hybrid knife, a rough-and-tough Western-style knife, or a more precise and delicate Japanese-style santoku?
- Design: A good knife should be as fine-tuned as a race car with every aspect, from the curvature of the blade to the weight of the bolster to the shape of the handle, taken into consideration for optimal balance and performance.
- Craftsmanship: Do the pieces all fit together tightly and firmly? Are the rivets going to fall out or is the blade going to separate from the handle? Is the finish on the handle smooth and pleasant to hold, and is the blade properly honed straight out of the box?
- Materials: Is the steel hard or soft? Harder steels in Japanese and hybrid-style knives retain edges for a longer time but are tougher to sharpen. Softer steels are easier, but need to be honed and sharpened more frequently. Is the composite or wood in the handle durable and comfortable?
But the most important by far is personal preference: Once a certain base level of quality and design considerations are taken into account, the rest is all about your own reaction. That knife is going to be an extension of your hand, the most important tool in the kitchen. Does it feel natural? Are you comfortable holding it? Does it look nice? When you first put it in your hand, did you think to yourself, "this is the one for me"? Cooking should be a pleasure, and there's no more surefire way to get yourself to enjoy cooking than taking the chore out of knife work.
The guide is divided into three broad sections that cover the major styles of modern chef's knives: hybrid, Western, and santoku. Just as some guitarists like the heavy hit of a Fender while others prefer the mellow singing voice of a Gibson, depending on your cooking style, you'll probably find yourself gravitating toward one genre or another.
While this guide is as complete as I can make it, the reality is that there are far too many knives out there for me to possibly be able to test all of them thoroughly. This list draws upon both my personal and professional experience with dozens of models, but if you don't see your favorite knife on here, tell us about why you love it—I'm always happy to be introduced to more options.
Modern Hybrid Chef's Knives
Japanese knife-making reflects Japanese cuisine, where extreme precision in knife work is of paramount importance. Traditionally, Japanese knives were specialized for very specific tasks—the usuba with its chunky rectangular blade designed for slicing vegetable, the deba with its triangular wedge-shaped blade for butchering fish and poultry, and the yanagi with its extra-long blade designed for slicing sashimi and other raw meat.
Compared to Western-style knives, these traditional Japanese knives are thicker, sharper, and, to be frank, more difficult to control without plenty of practice. Because of their flat cutting edges, it's nearly impossible to employ the rocking chopping motions Western cooks are accustomed to using.
Since the end of World War II, a new knife has taken the place of the three traditional knives and the santoku has become the knife of choice in most Japanese kitchens. An early hybrid between Japanese and Western styles, it kept the blocky tip of a usuba and combined it with the thinner profile and lightly curved blade of a German chef's knife, resulting in a knife that excels at slicing, chopping, and mincing (santoku translates roughly to "three virtues").
More recently, both Japanese and German knifemakers have moved on to an even newer style: Gyutou knives are designed to perform many of the standard Western tasks trading in heftiness for better control and precision. They're more maneuverable but a little less precise than santokus, with more deeply curved edges for better rocking.
Who they're for: Because of their light weight, ability to take an extremely sharp edge, and versatility, they're great all-around knives that excel at mincing, precision vegetable prep, light protein prep, and general feeling awesomeness. Their biggest downsides? They're not ideal for heavy-duty tasks like chopping through bones or splitting big 'ol squashes in half.
Here are my top picks.
My Favorite: The Misono UX10 Gyutou
The Misono UX10 8.2-Inch Gyutou is the cream of the crop with an extremely sharp edge out of the box. High-quality Swedish steel treated to a Rockwell hardness rating of 59-60 means that this blade can get sharp, and more importantly stay sharp through repeated use.
The heavy composite wood handle is comfortable in the hand and has a slim metal bolster at the top that makes gripping the knife a pleasure. If your hands are like mine, you will not want to put this baby down.
Because this knife is more heavily beveled on one side than the other, it is not ambidextrous—make sure to get either the right-handed or left-handed model for optimal performance.
High Performance, High Maintenance: Korin Suisin Gyutou
Very similar in weight and performance to the Misono, the Suisin High Carbon Steel 8.2-Inch Gyutou from Korin is tough to beat for the price, though it comes with a few distinct downsides. First, the high carbon steel is not stainless, which means that you'll have to carefully wipe it clean and preferably rub it down with mineral oil after each use if you want to prevent rusting and pitting. Secondly, I find the handle a little less comfortable than the Misono, though comfort comes down to personal taste.
On a Budget: Mac Chef's Knife
The Mac 7 1/4-Inch Chef's Knife is a real workhorse and an excellent value at a third of the price of my top-rated gyutou. The handle is made of pakka wood, a hyrbrid wood/polymer material that is lightweight but firm. It doesn't feel as luxurious or spring to your hand like pricier knives, but its sharp blade is tough to beat.
For Vegetarians: Global G-2 8-Inch Chef's Knife
I've owned a Global G-2 8-Inch Chef's Knife for over a decade now and it still gets regular use in my rotation. Its unique single-piece all metal design is a joy to hold—until your hands get greasy and it starts to slip and slide around. If you're a vegetarian and like a light, zippy knife, then you might consider the Global. If you butcher meat with any regularity, you'll want to look to the wooden-handled knives.
Classic Western-Style Chef's Knives
If you crave power but desire precision, then a heavy Western-style chef's knife is what you're after. Thicker and more wedge-shaped than either a gyutou or a santoku, Western-style chef's knives have been designed to be extremely versatile in the kitchen.
Sharp tips make them good for precise knife work (though their weight and thickness limits them in this field). Heavy construction and a wide bolster (the grippy ledge at the base of the blade) is designed to make it feel solid and strong enough in your hand to help you power through tough tasks. Chicken bones tremble and whole heads of cabbage have been known to take flight at the mere sight of one.
Thick metal and a full tang add weight to help let the momentum of knife do the work for you when chopping and slicing, while the heavily curved blade allows you to stabilize the blade tip while you rock it back and forth over fresh herbs and reduce them to dust.
The steel in most Western-style knives is softer than that of Japanese-made knives, which makes them easier to sharpen and hone, but requires more frequent maintenance to maintain an edge. A good steel should be used to hone your knife regularly, and it should be sharpened once a year or so, depending on how heavily you use it.
A Western-style chef's knife was the first knife I ever owned and, to be frank, if my cooking hadn't shifted to a more vegetable and fish-focused repertoire, I'd probably still be using the same 10-inch Wüsthof knife I bought before starting my first restaurant job 15 years ago.
Who they're for: This is the knife for the serious home cook who does a lot of heavy-duty prep and needs a single knife that will perform well at everything from mincing herbs to hacking through a chicken carcass. They are heavy and chunky, which means that if you have smaller hands or prefer a lighter knife, you should look elsewhere.
The Best: Wüsthof Classic 8- or 10-Inch
Wüsthof Classic 8-Inch Chef's Knife
One of the most iconic knives in the Western world, Wüsthof's classic line is known for its durability and nice balance. It has a very strong curve to the blade which makes it easy to perform a rocking motion while chopping onions or mincing herbs. It's thick and stiff all the way to the tip, which lets you use this knife to bone out large poultry.
The composite wood handle is riveted for durability, smooth and comfortable to hold, and ambidextrous. Above the handle you'll find a very larger bolster (that nub of metal at the bottom of the blade), which makes gripping the blade natural and gives you plenty of leverage and control.
If you do lots of heavy-duty work, you'll want to look towards the 10-inch model.
On a Budget: J.A. Henckels International Classic 8-Inch
The J.A. Henckels International Classic 8-Inch Stainless-Steel Chef's Knife is the most inexpensive knife I know that still features fully-forged construction, a full tang, a solid riveted handle, and a lifetime manufacturer's warranty.
Fully forged construction means that, unlike a cheaper knife made from stamped metal, this one has a bolster that's fully integrated into the blade for easier gripping and better control. Its tang is integrated into the blade for higher durability and better balance.
It comes up short against its more expensive counterparts mainly due to design features like a more inexpensive handle material and a chunkier design that makes it a little less of a natural fit, especially for smaller hands.
Santoku-Style Knives
Santokus are great all-around multitaskers that foster precision and control. With a santoku, rocking-style chopping is not particularly efficient, which means that you'll get used to really dicing those onions and slicing that garlic as opposed to haphazardly chopping.
The relatively straight edge and blocky tip makes these the best chef's knives for precise vegetable cuts and easy butchering of light-duty proteins like fish and chicken.
Modern santokus like the ones featured here do have a slight curve to the blade, which means that when you do find yourself with a handful of parsley to mince, you'll still be able to do it with relative speed.
Who they're for: These are the knives for the kitchen perfectionist. If you want every single piece of onion in your soup to be the exact same shape and size, a santoku will help you get there better than a Western or hybrid-style.
The Best: Misono UX10 Santoku
The Misono UX10 Santoku is the knife I use by far the most often. It's heavier and a little stiffer than other santokus I've used—which means you can do light bone-work like cutting through fish pin bones or chicken ribs—while still being quite light and maneuverable. Like its counterpart gyutou model, it's made of very hard Swedish steel that takes a razor-sharp edge due to its asymmetrical beveling and maintains it for a long time between sharpenings.
From the very first time I held this knife in my hand, felt its warm wood composite under my palm as my fingers wrapped around the form-fitting bolster, I knew this was the one for me. I've used a lot of knives in my time, but this was one of those rare cases where fresh out of the box I took it to an onion, found the tip of the knife already resting against the cutting board, and said to myself, wait, did I really just cut that? Because I didn't even feel it go through.
The one caveat? Sharpening this knife properly is essential, and it requires a bit of practice. If you do decide to buy this knife for yourself or a loved one, make sure you take the time to sharpen it correctly to maintain that awesome cutting edge.
Cheaper But Still Excellent: Wüsthof Classic 7-Inch Hollow-Ground Santoku
A mainstay in my collection for many years, the Wüsthof Classic 7-Inch Hollow-Ground Santoku has a lighter, thinner blade than the Misono with a more recessed bolster, making it a good choice for a small-handed cook who wants precision but doesn't need anything too heavy duty. The granton edge—the shallow divots cut into the blade—help prevent some foods (like thick slices of potato or carrot) from sticking, though honestly, I've never found it to be an essential feature.
One drawback of the granton edge: if you are a heavy knife user and sharpen it regularly, you'll eventually grind the blade down to where the divots start, which doesn't prevent you from getting a good edge, but will make the blade a little less durable.
For Very Light Hands: Mac Superior 6 1/2-inch Santoku
The lightest and most inexpensive of the three knives in this guide, the Mac Superior 6 1/2-inch Santoku is nevertheless a seriously sharp friend in the kitchen. It has a very thin blade that glides through vegetables without a second thought, though its thinness and hardness does make it a bit brittle, which means it shouldn't be used for cutting bones or very heavy, hard vegetables if you want to avoid chipping it.
If you're one of the legions of home cooks who has gotten used to the light weight and thin blade of the stamped-steel Victorinox Fribrox chef's knife, then you might consider this as your first upgrade. It has a similar weight and feel, but superior balance and materials with a sharper edge.
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Merrill's baby Clara is finally old enough to eat solid foods. Armed with her greenmarket bag, a wooden spoon and a minimal amount of fuss, Merrill steps into the fray.
This week, it's all about texture.
Texture is a hot topic for the baby feeding crowd. Some believe that until your baby has a full set of teeth, you should only give her the softest of purees. Others say the fear of choking has been blown out of proportion.
Before we started Clara on solids Peter Steinberg, Charlie's dad, sent me a link to this fascinating blog post about baby-led weaning, which shows a video of an 8-month-old (also named Clara) cheerfully feeding herself apple slices. We weren't sure about starting out by letting Clara feed herself entirely, but it gave us some ideas.
For the first few weeks, I pressed cottage cheese through a sieve so that she wouldn't struggle with the curds. Pretty soon, though, it was clear that she was developing a sort of half-chewing technique, mushing the cottage cheese around in her mouth before swallowing it. When I gave up the sieve Clara quickly and enthusiastically adjusted, curds and all.
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If you haven't pureed cooked meat before, I don't recommend it. Basically, you end up with cat food. But ground meat can be browned and simmered slowly with a little olive oil, garlic and plain stock or water for a baby with a few weeks of eating under her belt. A couple of important guidelines:
- • Make sure to break up any large chunks while you're browning the meat
- • Use a cut that's not too lean (dark meat chicken rather than light, chuck rather than sirloin) so that it gets tender as it cooks, rather than tough
Recently I added tomatoes to the mix, and Clara had her first Bolognese. Because we didn't need to puree it, we were able to enjoy the Bolognese with rigatoni, while she ate it with pastine (those adorable little pasta stars you're always looking for an excuse to buy).
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A Simple Bolognese for Grownups and Babies
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- Pinch salt (optional)
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- 28 ounces canned peeled tomatoes
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Stony Brook women's lacrosse head coach Joe Spallina has named Jill Byers, an accomplished player at both the collegiate and international level and a rising star in the coaching ranks, an assistant coach for the 2013-14 season. Arguably the best women's lacrosse player to ever suit up for Notre Dame, Byers spent 2013 on the sidelines as the Irish's top assistant and helped guide her alma mater to an NCAA Tournament berth.
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Extremists from groups linked to al Qaida struck the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in a "deliberate and organized terrorist attack," the top U.S. intelligence agency said Friday, as it took responsibility for the Obama administration's initial claims that the deadly assault grew from a spontaneous protest against an anti-Islam video.
The unusual statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence appeared to have two goals: updating the public on the latest findings of the investigation into the assault, and shielding the White House from a political backlash over its original accounts.
"In the immediate aftermath (of the assault), there was information that led us to assess that the attack began spontaneously following protests earlier that day at our embassy in Cairo," spokesman Shawn Turner said in the statement. "We provided that initial assessment to executive branch officials and members of Congress, who used that information to discuss the attack publicly."
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which coordinates and sets policies for the 16 other U.S. intelligence agencies, is led by retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in August 2010.
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died in the assault staged by scores of assault rifle- and rocket-propelled grenade-toting assailants on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
Republicans, including presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have accused the administration of misleading the country about the nature of the attack to protect Obama's campaign claim that his policies have hurt al Qaida's ability to launch attacks and eased anti-U.S. hatred in the Muslim world.
In his statement, Turner said that U.S. intelligence agencies' understanding of what happened in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, has evolved as they've collected and analyzed information on the incident. "As we learned more about the attack, we revised our initial assessment to reflect new information indicating that it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack carried out by extremists," he said.
"It remains unclear if any group or person exercised overall command and control of the attack, and if extremist group leaders directed their members to participate," he said. "However, we do assess that some of those involved were linked to groups affiliated with, or sympathetic to, al Qaida."
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The statement did not quiet the political backlash.
Shortly after it was issued, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., called for the resignation of Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who was the first senior official to detail the administration's initial account that the attack was spontaneous during appearances on Sunday morning television talk shows.
Rice "was the vehicle by which they transmitted this misleading message to the American people and the world," King told CNN.
Rice's spokeswoman, Erin Pelton, responded by noting that Rice's comments "were prefaced at every turn with a clear statement that an FBI investigation was underway" and that she was providing "the best information . . . that the administration had at the time . . . provided by the U.S. intelligence community."
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, came to Rice's defense, calling her a "remarkable public servant" and saying that he was "deeply disturbed by efforts to find the politics instead of finding the facts in this debate. Everyone who cares about the four fallen Americans in Benghazi would do well to take a deep breath about what happened."
An accountability board appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be allowed to do its work, he said in a statement directed specifically at King, adding, "We need to drop the politics and pull together and bring the killers of Chris Stevens and our fallen heroes to justice."
In their initial accounts, Rice and other senior administration officials insisted there was no indication the attack was "pre-planned." It grew, they said, from a spontaneous protest outside the consulate that was inspired by the violent demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo against a video denigrating the Prophet Mohammed, the founder of Islam. The video, which has triggered a rash of violent anti-American protests across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, was made in the United States.
The accounts, however, were quickly challenged. President Mohammad Magarief, the head of the Libyan National Congress, the recently elected interim government, said that the assault was organized and planned by foreigners, some with links to al Qaida, involved members of a local Islamist militant group, and was deliberately timed for the anniversary of 9/11.
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"It is my conclusion that it was a planned, coordinated event," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., told McClatchy in an interview.
Senior Republican lawmakers cited the differences in questioning the administration account as well as the security around the consulate. They pointed out that Americans in Libya were known to have been under threat, Benghazi had seen a rash of attacks on foreign targets by Islamist militants, and the country remains haunted by armed groups nearly a year after the U.S.-backed ouster of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Appearing before a Senate committee on Sept. 19, Matthew Olsen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, became the first senior administration official to publicly confirm that Stevens and the three other Americans died in a terrorist attack.
It took another day before White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that it was "self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack."
Obama, facing a tough re-election campaign, has refrained from calling the incident a terrorist attack even as he decried the incident and the deaths of the Americans before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.
Pressed on Wednesday by reporters on why Obama hasn't used the term, Carney replied, "It is certainly the case that it is our view as an administration, the president's view, that it was a terrorist attack."


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Trial opens in pandering case
A 12-member jury heard opening arguments and testimony from key witnesses Wednesday in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court involving pandering obsenity charges against a Lima man.
Ben Hadding, 38, of Lima, faces two second-degree felonies and two fourth-degree felonies for pandering obscenity of a minor, charges that stemmed from events that is believed to have occurred approximately between April 2011 and September 2011. The minor involved was the 13-year-old living at the same residence with Hadding when he lived in Cridersville.
Hadding faces a maximum sentence of 19 years of prison and $40,000 in fines if convicted on all four charges.
The pandering claims were made last year when another minor at the residence, an 11-year-old girl, called 911 reporting she had been hit by a 13-year-old girl at the residence. The other events came out in questioning after an officer arrived at the scene.
The 11-year-old girl and 13-year-old girl took the stand and were questioned at length by Auglaize County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Andy Augsburger and Stephen Chamberlain, attorney for Hadding.
Both testified to finding a camera at times in a mesh clothes hamper underneath clothes in the bathroom several times.
"I didn't think anything about it the first time," the 13-year-old told the jury during her testimony, "but I started getting curious after a few times."
She testified that she found the camera six or seven times before discussing it with her mother.
Augsburger entered into evidence and showed four different recordings to the jury during the proceedings, including one where a hidden recorder recorded the 13-year-old naked and getting dressed after she had showered. The camera had been hidden underneath another bed in the room shared by the two girls.
Three other videos also were shown to the jury, including one where the 13-year-old girl was exposed by someone and recorded while she slept and another time where her tank top she was sleeping in was pulled up.
Both girls claimed they did not know how to use the camera as a recorder and that they had never used the equipment. Both said in their testimony that they were completely unaware of the hidden recorder in the bedroom.
The 13-year-old said the camera did not appear in the bathroom after she discussed the camera being there with her mother.
"Mom said, 'Next time you find it bring it to me,' "
the 13-year-old said. "I found it one more time and brought it to mom's attention. I think she talked to Ben about it. That was the last time I seen it in the bathroom."
The mother of the 13-year-old, who was involved in a relationship with Hadding, also testified during the first day of the jury trial. Hadding and the mother each have a child from previous relationships as well as another child together.
In opening statements, Augsburger said the evidence will show Hadding knowingly recorded the young girls for lustful purposes and is guilty of the charges.
Chamberlain said while the physical evidence is accurate, his client had no knowledge of the recordings and that there "is no credible evidence that shows Hadding made the recordings."
Chamberlain said Hadding would testify that he had nothing to do with the recordings.
Chamberlain and Hadding rejected a negotiated deal earlier in the case. Prosecutors offered dropping one of the fourth-degree charges and one of the second-degree felonies in exchange for guilty pleas on the other two charges.


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I was going to say 'Awesome!', until I read that they were only available in the US.
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Um.. is there any hope of these titles being made available outside the United States? Or any future CDramas being made available outside the United States? Will this be a trend (making shows only available to Americans) for titles of all types in the future? I apologize if I'm overreacting I'm just wondering.
The girl in Bug Me Not is the prettiest living creature on Earth, I love her! And thumbs ups for crunchyroll, love these shows!
Happy Chinese New Year!
kronosking wrote: Um.. is there any hope of these titles being made available outside the United States? Or any future CDramas being made available outside the United States? Will this be a trend (making shows only available to Americans) for titles of all types in the future? I apologize if I'm overreacting I'm just wondering.
From what I can tell, Crunchyroll gets rights from two types of sources. One source is the original creator, or their agent, and they have the ability to grant rights widely ~ worldwide, unless there are agreements already in place that lock some parts of the world out. Those are the ones that Crunchyroll streams to as many countries as it can get the rights owner to agree to.
For those, Crunchyroll has been very successful for the UK and Ireland, Netherlands, the Nordic countries, Portugal and Brazil, has some success with Spanish America, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philppines, the Middle East, Africa, and is really struggling in the rest of Europe and the rest of Asia.
The second source is a licensee for some country or part of the world. They can only give rights for the country or countries that they have licensed. For DVD licensees, this normally means the US and Canada.
Since TaiSeng has a heavy focus on Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) content on cable, in the US, it only licenses material for the US, so when TaiSeng is the source for C-dramas and other KaiSeng content, its US only.
Does that mean there is no hope? Well, it does mean tha tmean that KaiSeng won't be the source. That means that any progress will grind along on the slow pace of new business deals. If a UK licensee hired Crunchyroll to do the same thing they did for TaiSeng, but in the UK, then if there was overlap in what shows they carried, Crunchyroll could approach them to add UK rights to a Crunchyroll stream.
As you can see, there are lots of "ifs", so its far from a sure thing. But its not impossible.
And for all these other comments ...
TsanGwanWai wrote: YES. Oh wait only in the US?! What no! Finally I thought I could watch something I could comprehend without subtitles :(
Kippu wrote: Omg! YES! Finally >.< Thank You!
Edit: Nwaww, can't watch it. It's only the U.S. Poor Canada :[
Oh well. Still a very good start ^___^
helenawat wrote: Is any of these going to be available in other regions (UK, maybe)?
The only dramas I can watch are on a different web site, [____]. I would prefer to watch them here instead.
Greylurker wrote: aw nuts not in Canada
cutelightangel wrote: gonna wait and see if they would expand it to more countries..
Ditto ... it seems to me that when the streaming rights come secondhand from a source that only licenses for the US, adding more countries is much harder than when the streaming rights come from the original source.
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... im glad i know mandarin...
it is a wonderful drama...
i just think it doesnt make to much sence...
any way... :blush:
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Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 1:00 PM
Winter Sing
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will be hosting a reading session of the Brahms Requiem for interested area vocalists.
Interested singers should use the following online link to access an application for participation in this Brahms Requiem "Winter Sing" reading session scheduled at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre at 1:00pm on Saturday, January 27, 2018. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will be accompanying this community chorus and will be directed by Eastman Professor William Weinert, Director of the Eastman-Rochester Chorus. This reading session should last between 1:00pm and 3:30pm.
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An injured kitten was brought to a local shelter in hopes to help it survive.
The Auglaize County Humane Society was recently brought a domestic medium-hair 10-week kitten by three young volunteers who found the animal near a home that had been burnt by a house fire on McBeth Rd.
The kitten, Ember, is a female, and needs a surgery to fix an infection in her eye from spreading.
Auglaize County Humane Society Office Manager Miranda Oden said Dr. Virgil Brown, of Mouton Veterinary Clinic, quoted the surgery to cost $300.
The kitten will need to undergo surgery within the next couple weeks to remove the infected eye and be sewn up, which if left go, could spread infection to the brain and other parts of the body and cause the animal to be in pain and suffer.
"She is currently taking antibiotics and we are putting ointment in her eye," Oden said. "Since it's so close to the brain, is could cause the infection to spread and make the kitten sick."
She said the Humane Society "will have to put the animal down" if they do not have the funds to pay for the surgery.
Oden said the shelter does not do a lot of euthanasia, but with the agency being non-profit, they adopt cats for $40, which includes vaccines, deworming and spay or neutering, they are unable to provide the funds for the surgery because of the high cost.
Currently, the Auglaize County Humane Society is taking donations, and they can be accepted by calling the agency at 419-738-7808 or stopping by the shelter to donate.
Also, Ember is up for adoption for anyone interested in adopting a kitten, and Oden said she is a nice, playful and friendly kitten that enjoys being around people.
Oden said they will need to get the surgery done within the next couple of weeks, otherwise she may have to be put down, as the kitten will be suffering as the infection spreads.


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After focusing on selling custom-made social network software for the past five years, a Silver Lake company is launching two services its co-founder hopes will change how people manage their online communities and social media conversations.
SocialEngine.net has sold its software to more than 9,000 customers including hobbyists, schools, professional organizations and people who want to build specific niche communities online.
Cupertino's Apple Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. in Redwood City use the software to build themed online communities for educators and gamers, respectively. Among the company's other customers, the most popular types of communities center on pets, parenting, traveling and dating. The software is available for as little as $299 per site, and offers the basic essentials to quickly build a community website for those who don't have the time or skills to do it themselves.
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The other new site will also be called SocialEngine, which will focus on community building and themed content sharing.
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FanMix, which is built for use with Google Inc.'s Gmail, is in its testing period. The service will offer one account free but a subscription will be required for multiple accounts.
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"Teacher–just 'Teacher.'"
If you knew Jim Pancrazio, who died on February 29, 2012, you know how much he loved teaching.
In fact, at the end of one of his classes, when he had asked students to decide what they would want on their epitaph, Jim announced his choice for his own tombstone: "Teacher," he said. "That's it—just 'Teacher.'"
Former student Peggy Mayfield shared this memory of Jim's epitaph exercise with me. She added that when Jim won the Distinguished University Service Award, she remembers him crying—"The award was for teaching," she said. "That's what mattered most to him."
A Scholarship in Jim's Honor
Because Jim cared so much about the HDC program at UIS and about the students he taught, his family has decided to create a scholarship in his honor.
They are asking for your help. At UIS, $25,000 endows a scholarship. With an endowed scholarship, students receive support from the interest the fund generates rather than from the principal. This means that, once endowed, Dr. Pancrazio's scholarship will continue year after year. His name will never be forgotten at UIS.
Jim Pancrazio deserves this honor—for all he did for his students, for his passion and humor and genuine interest and love.
You Can Make the Difference – Please give!
We are closer to reaching the $25,000. This is the time we need an extra push from the many students who loved Dr. Pancrazio and appreciate the difference he made in their lives.
If that describes YOU, please make a gift using the Donate button below. Together, you and your fellow alumni can make this happen in honor of this wonderful man.


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Captain Planet 4
Captain Planet drops in on a very concerned Environmental Protection Organization, and he and Ma-Ti have a heart to heart.
- November 27, 2012
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Don CheadleActor
Efren RamirezActor
Captain PlanetUploader
Campbell's GoPresented By
Josh FademActor
Charles IngramWriter/Director/Editor
Funny Or DieExecutive Producer
Starring Don Cheadle
Featuring Efren Ramirez, Martin Dew, Alan Davis, Clark Long, LaVonne Rae-Andrew, Demorge Brown, Josh Fadem & Jennie Pierson
Written & Directed by Charles Ingram & Nick Corirossi
DP: Tom Banks
1st AC: Tom Jordan
2nd AC: Nils Refvik
DIT: Blair Neighbors
Producer: Ryan Kohler
Production Manager: Bryson Pintard
1st AD: Shadie Elnashai
2nd AD: Roslyn Aronowitz
VTR: Bob Mills
Gaffer: Eric Ulbrich
Electric: Brandon Alperin & Derek Hoffman
Swing: Dimitri Andrade
Grips: Steve Dorman, Dan Conner & Andy Wilson
Production Design: Flower Cole
Art Director: Libby Wampler
Art Dept: Frank Camara, Marcy Silver, Lupe Sanchez & Reanna Fitzpatrick
Stylist: Aubrey Binzer
Stylist Asst: Jen Grable
Make Up SFX: Chris Mills
Make Up/Hair: Brenna Haukedahl & Maria Coria
Sound Mixer: Ayan Pratap
PAs: Mike Rutkowski, Matt Faigh & Wayne Wolfgram
Colorist - Trevor Durtschi
November 27, 2012
CategoryWeb Series Sketch Parody
[bell rings]
Martin Dew: Look, I was Captain
Planet's biggest supporter
Martin Dew: when he hit the scene,
taking pollution down to
Martin Dew: zero, and all that, but
turning people into trees
Martin Dew: to help the environment.
Soon there will be no
Martin Dew: one left to enjoy it.
Demorge Brown: If you ask me, all of that
chlorophyll has gone to his head.
Martin Dew: I never thought I'd say
this, but he must be stopped.
Josh Fadem: Stopped? For what? He's
doing what needs to be done.
Jennie Pierson: A message came in
for you sir.
Martin Dew: Thank you.
Martin Dew: Make like a tree.
Martin Dew: Huh.
Martin Dew: That's all it says.
Josh Fadem: Captain Planet?
Don Cheadle: That's right.
Don Cheadle: The captain of this planet.
Remember that.
Josh Fadem: (laughs) Yeah. Oh
Captain my captain.
Josh Fadem: Ask my boy green top.
Ask my boy green top.
[Captain Planet fake laughs]
[nervous laughter]
Don Cheadle: So, that's what people
call me nowadays, huh?
Josh Fadem: No. No. That's
something I just came up
Josh Fadem: with off the top
of my head.
Don Cheadle: Oh, off the top of your
non-green top head.
Don Cheadle: Would you like to
be a green top?
Don Cheadle: You know what
else has green tops?
Don Cheadle: Trees.
Don Cheadle: Called leaves.
Don Cheadle: How about it?
Don Cheadle: Want to be a tree?
Don Cheadle: You got tree
envy, bitch?
Don Cheadle: You want to feel your
bones brittle like wood?
Don Cheadle: Feel your blood
turn to sap?
[music suddenly stops]
Don Cheadle: Ma-Ti, prune me.
Josh Fadem: He's fuckin' full of jokes.
[snipping sound]
Don Cheadle: Mmm.
Demorge Brown: Sir, I just want to say
that you have been doing
Demorge Brown: some amazing work with
the environment,
Demorge Brown: lately.
Don Cheadle: Well, thank you.
Demorge Brown: Tell me, when you shop
for produce at the super
Don Cheadle: market, you bring your
own natural canvas bags?
Don Cheadle: You don't go in
for that wack paper or
Don Cheadle: plastic right?
Demorge Brown: Uh, I mean, yeah.
Don Cheadle: So you shop for produce
at the super market
Don Cheadle: instead of your local,
green grocer.
Demorge Brown: Captain...
Don Cheadle: That's the problem
with you. You can't
Don Cheadle: see the forest for
the trees. Trap.
Don Cheadle: Zap.
Jennie Pierson: OW!
[laser beam]
[laser beam]
Josh Fadem: Go on, Captain Planet.
Just kill me, man.
Don Cheadle: Hmm. Fruits of my labor.
Don Cheadle: You trying to
burry me Ma-ti?
Efren Ramirez: No, Capitán.
Don Cheadle: You dirty, back stabbin'
son of a birch.
Efren Ramirez: I'm sorry.
Don Cheadle: Oh, you're gonna be.
Efren Ramirez: Noo!
Efren Ramirez: No!
Efren Ramirez: You have taken everything
from me, El Capitán:
Efren Ramirez: The Planeteers,
my freedom, mi familia,
Efren Ramirez: that monkey, but you'll
never, you'l never take
Efren Ramirez: my heart.
Don Cheadle: You know, that gives
me a good idea.
[heart beating]
Don Cheadle: His name was heart, and I
took out of his heart.
Don Cheadle: Kali ma shakti
de, mother fucker.


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New Zealand Environmental Minister: "Water is the New Oil"
On Friday, September 6, the Honorable Amy Adams, the Minister of Environment of New Zealand, spoke to students and faculty from the School of Public Affairs and across the university. Adams has served in Parliament since 2008 and is a member of the National Party.
Adams shared her perspectives on managing New Zealand's natural resources and explained that the national economy is highly dependent upon its natural resources for tourism and agricultural exports, which account for two thirds of the national economy. In addition, Kiwis' national identity is inextricably linked to New Zealand's natural environment.
"Water is the new oil," claimed Adams as she described the management of fresh water in water-scarce catchments (watersheds). For each 1 percent increase in water efficiency, $12 million is contributed to the economy in terms of food and agricultural production, recreation and tourism, she explained. Adams highlighted the historical pollution of aquifers, which is attributable to diffuse land-based or non-point source pollution. She identified that a management shift is necessary to improve water quality, which will require that central government provide greater guidance to regional councils. Adams explained that indigenous Maori have a deep connection to water and the central government has an obligation to protect and engage the Maori in discussions about water and all natural resources.
Adams described the innovative Green Growth Advisory Group, an experiment in collaborative environmental governance with a focus on creating a more competitive economy based on environmental assets and principles. Among its many responsibilities, this group was tasked with measuring and reporting environmental data to ensure transparency and to help make environmental information understandable to the public. In fact, mandatory environmental reporting is being implemented later this year as a result of the Advisory Group's recommendations, which will increase the frequency of data collected and the quality of data produced. After all, according to Adams, "we won't manage unless we measure."
Finally, Adams highlighted the ways in which New Zealand is leading the world in addressing climate change by phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and removing disincentives for renewable energy. Half of all of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions are from the agricultural sector and New Zealand has spearheaded the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases to spur innovation and international cooperation on reducing the climate change impacts of agriculture.


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The Bruins' 4-1 win over the Panthers Thursday night at the Garden brought Claude Julien his 246th win behind the Boston bench, inching him one victory ahead of Milt Schmidt for second place on the club's all-time list. Next in line: Art Ross at 361.
"Not even something we need to talk about,'' mused Julien when asked about aiming for Ross's No. 1 slot.
The ever-gracious Schmidt, who celebrated his 95th birthday March 5, sounded quite satisfied with his No. 3 standing in the Bruins history books. Not surprisingly, the Hall of Famer had only praise for the 52-year-old Julien.
"I know Claude very well and I call him from time to time,'' said Schmidt, who still resides just outside Boston. "I saw him just the other night when the Bruins saw fit to celebrate my birthday, which was very nice.
"I told him then that I thought nothing but the best of him. He does an outstanding job.
"I just think today's players are so much more difficult to handle than when I coached, for the most part because they make so much more money.
"And with 30 teams in the league, so many more jobs, honestly, I'm not sure today's players realize how much more fortunate they are than players of the past. Or that they fully appreciate what an honor it is to play in the National Hockey League.''
Schmidt played and coached in the NHL's six-team era. Coaches in those days had the perceived luxury/advantage of being able to threaten players with demotions to the minor leagues, where there was a perpetual source of talent eagerly awaiting to be promoted.
"It wasn't always a good situation, believe me,'' said Schmidt, refuting somewhat the power of the demotion hammer. "I always felt that you never wanted to downgrade a player.
"Send a player down, and you never knew — you hurt a player and he might never come out of it. And I always thought, 'If I send a player down, am I going to hurt him?'
"But, still, some I sent down and they were fine. They came out of it to be standouts.''
Asked for a name or two, Schmidt hesitated, then laughed and said, "Well, no, I'm 95 now, so the names don't come very easily. But I can tell you that I think Claude is doing a great job.''
Often when talking to groups or individuals, said Schmidt, he likes to summon the memory and words of Lou Gehrig, the Yankee icon whose playing days and life were cut short by ALS. In his famous farewell speech of July 4, 1939, at Yankee Stadium, the faltering Gehrig told everyone that, despite his bad break, he was "the luckiest man on the face of this earth.''
"Well, move over, Lou, because you've got another man here in the name of Milt Schmidt,'' he said. "I'm one of the luckiest, too.
"To my dying day, I'll be grateful for having played in the NHL and all the good things it meant in my life.''
Stars aren't in the same orbit
The Bruins are back in Pittsburgh for a Sunday matinee, and the Penguins, not surprisingly, are back running with the big boys (including the Bruins) in the NHL East.
Interesting contrast of careers between Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby, who leads the NHL in scoring (47 points headed into Saturday's play), and the enigmatic Alex Ovechkin in Washington. Crosby continues to blossom and dominate, while Ovie's production, along with his overall development, has turned decidedly ho-hum the last two-plus seasons.
Entering Saturday, while Crosby led the charts, Ovechkin's line read 10-12—22, ranking him T-35 in goals (his raison d'etre) and T-41 in points.
When they entered the league together in October 2005, the debate centered on which one would enjoy the better career. Well, here in their eighth seasons, Crosby — his head clear of post-concussion cobwebs — is leaving Ovechkin in the dust.
Crosby is a center and not a wing, which means he should be able to make those around him better. Put double check marks in that box. Entering Saturday, he was one of four Penguins among the league's top 20 scorers (along with Chris Kunitz, James Neal, Kris Letang).
Crosby doesn't set up all of those guys, of course, and he often works with the benefit of some extra room when fellow superstar Evgeni Malkin is healthy and in full stride (he had missed 7 of 10 games entering Saturday). But without question, Crosby is back to being the best player in the league (he won the Hart Trophy as MVP in 2007), while Ovechkin is looking like yesterday's news. Not good in this era of instant information.
The key difference seems to boil down to Crosby typically getting more done with less. That's not to say he has less talent than Ovechkin. Hardly. But he plays a very refined, smart, puck-possession game, and it can be infuriatingly difficult to separate him from the puck. Like Ovechkin, he has that extra gear, and he jumps to it perfectly on the rush to deliver passes or pot relays from others.
Ovechkin's game, in skiers' terms, has turned into a "yard sale" — he's the downhill skier who wipes out and litters the slopes with skis, gloves, poles, helmet, goggles, and lunch money. He isn't making anyone else better, and no one seems to be able to help him work more effectively or productively.
Ovechkin is strong, powerful, equipped with a devastating slapper that he loves to unload. Entering Saturday, he had 107 shots on net, second only to Evander Kane's 121. But for all that shooting, 33 guys with fewer shots had more goals.
Better career? Looks from here that the debate is over, although both players are young enough (Crosby 25, Ovechkin 27) that the trend could change. But I doubt it.
Crosby is tracking toward greatness, among the best ever to play the game. Ovechkin, once a lock for 50 goals a year, looks to be operating with a malfunctioning GPS, tracking toward a dead end.
Chiarelli looks to go shopping
With the April 3 trade deadline fast approaching, Boston general manager Peter Chiarelli continues to shape his wish list, one that likely includes help for his third and fourth lines, especially now that Chris Kelly is sidelined indefinitely with a cracked tibia (compliments of a menacing Chris Neil hit).
Two of Chiarelli's best deadline moves came in the spring of 2011 when he acquired Kelly (via Ottawa) and Rich Peverley (via Atlanta) in separate deals.
Chiarelli also will look for help on the blue line, where last spring he added Greg Zanon and Mike Mottau as insurance at the deadline. Just a couple of names to keep in mind back there are Sergei Gonchar (Ottawa) and Ron Hainsey (Winnipeg), both adept at moving the puck.
Gonchar was here briefly (22 games total) as a deadline pickup in 2004. An unrestricted free agent come July, he could probably be had for as little as a fourth-round pick.
Hainsey, out of UMass-Lowell, is also headed to UFA, but no doubt would be harder to pry loose from the Jets, unless they plummet out of the playoff picture. Hainsey's numbers are down (0-8—8 into Saturday's play), but the ex-Habs first-rounder (No. 13/2000) still has the wheels and touch to help.
"It's the same list every year, it really is,'' said Chiarelli. "You look to add depth, and rather than target, say, a top six forward, I like to define [the process] as looking right through the lineup.''
Sabres might lop off more
The move to ditch Lindy Ruff and bring in Ron Rolston as interim coach hasn't changed fortunes in Buffalo, where what looks like a fourth DNQ in six seasons is raising questions about whether the Sabres will be able to keep franchise cornerstones Ryan Miller, Jason Pominville, and Thomas Vanek beyond next season. All are on target to become UFAs in July 2014.
Such is the stuff that can lead to GMs getting fired. The Boston roster was very much in flux, and Joe Thornton just months beyond his trade to San Jose, when Mike O'Connell was canned in March 2006.
"Do we become a younger team or do we become a team that's going to build and try to get this core group of guys a chance to move forward?'' mused Miller last week. "Or are we not the core anymore? Who knows?
"They're not decisions we make. We react off management and circumstance."
Added Vanek, "It hits you, how quick it goes. Here are two guys [Chris Drury and Mike Grier] who mentored me, and they're done playing hockey.
"You definitely want to be in a spot where you give yourself a chance of winning."
Meanwhile, club owner Terry Pegula remains silent on all subjects.
The old college try
No knowing whether NHL players will participate in the Sochi Olympics next February, although there is a growing sense of fait accompli that the league will OK a fifth journey to Olympus. If so, the likeliest coach of Team USA will be Rangers boss John Tortorella or perhaps the Penguins' Dan Bylsma. Jack Parker, who last week announced he will retire from his Boston University job at season's end, would be an interesting, poignant choice. He was runner-up in 1980 and eschewed other opportunities in years since. Typically, half the US roster has roots in the college game, so having a college coach back there wouldn't be hard for the majority, if anyone, to accept. And, let's not forget, Herb Brooks was a college coach when he helped make the miracle happen at Lake Placid.
Suspension bridge?
As the weekend approached, Carl Soderberg remained in Sweden, though not in the Linkoping lineup. The future Bruin (we think) was suspended for four games last week for delivering a high stick during the Swedish Elite League playoffs. "From what his agent tells me,'' said Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli, "the club they're facing in the playoffs, HV71, had a guy chasing him all night, and finally he gave him a cross-check. The stick hit first in the shoulder, and then the head, but they've got a near-zero-tolerance policy over there, so . . .'' So, without the 6-foot-3-inch pivot, it could mean Linkoping exits the postseason early and Soderberg is on Causeway Street sooner instead of later. "Who knows?'' said Chiarelli. "Let's not forget, I have to sign him first.''
Show of strength
Jonathan Huberdeau, who was on Causeway Street Thursday with the Panthers, entered Saturday as one of 22 NHLers with a dozen or more goals. Among the leaders for Rookie of the Year, Huberdeau scored all but one of those goals at even strength, and none shorthanded. A good measure of effective play. Of the 22 in his group, only three others — Pittsburgh's Pascal Dupuis and Carolina's Jiri Tlusty, each with 13 goals, and Colorado's Matt Duchene, with 12 — also had but one power-play goal.
Trusty Tlusty
Tlusty is having an impressive season with the Hurricanes. Originally a Maple Leafs first-round pick (13th/2006), the Czech pivot was dealt in December 2009 for the all-but-forgotten Philippe Paradis (living the dream these days with AHL Rockford). Tlusty, who turned 25 Saturday, finally began to display some touch last year, and entering Saturday, he ranked third in Carolina scoring (13-9—22). No telling, but had he stuck around Toronto, he might have blossomed as Phil Kessel's setup guy.
Clear choice on visors
Word out of the Rangers room last weekend was that Marc Staal, felled by a slapper that drilled him over the left eye, should be back on the job in 2-3 weeks. Staal's injury, and the resultant chatter about eye protection, did not prompt Chiarelli to ask his few visorless employees to adopt the protective wear. "I haven't asked them, nor will I,'' said the GM. "I wish they would all wear visors, but I respect it as a decision for each individual to make.'' Chiarelli for the first time this season has requested that all Bruins wear helmets during pregame warmups.
Loose pucks
Rumors persist that the Bruins are in the hunt to add aged Flames warrior Jarome Iginla at the deadline. The bet here is that senior Senator Daniel Alfredsson would be higher on Boston's wish list. But neither may be available . . . The short season may not make it practical, but Chiarelli said he'd like to find an opportunity for Providence goalie Niklas Svedberg to get in a game with Boston. "He's had a hell of a year, leads the [AHL] in wins [28], and he's just a constant battler,'' said Chiarelli. "But we have to be fair to [Anton] Khudobin, too, because he's given us very good service this season. In a perfect world, sure, I'd like Niklas to get the chance. I just don't know if there's going to be time.'' . . . Thursday's signing of Anthony Camara to a three-year entry deal with Boston is pegged to begin next year, which means the gritty winger isn't being slotted as potential depth for a Cup run. The Bruins picked him 81st in the 2011 draft, and his game has really come around in his last season-plus with Barrie (OHL). "An energy guy,'' said Chiarelli, drawing parallels to Cal Clutterbuck and Steve Ott. "He likes to make open-ice hits and he's a bit of an agitator, too. He's shown the speed in junior to create a lot of offensive chances.'' . . . Some ugly numbers, going into Saturday's play: elite Rangers forward Marian Gaborik with but one goal since Feb. 14; Detroit wizard Pavel Datsyuk one goal in his last 12 games; Winged Wheel teammate Henrik Zetterberg with one goal in 21 games.Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeKPD. Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.


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Capital View Casino & Resort will feature architectural details that draw on the region's storied history, including its Dutch heritage, while presenting an exciting modern structure that moves the region forward as a destination for visitors from near and far. The eight-story hotel and casino is designed to complement the existing iconic skyline and add a forward-looking facade that leads the region into a future of increased tourism, opportunity and economic growth.
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